Man accused of strangling pregnant woman

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Jul 25, 2014 at 11:36 AM

A local man who was out of jail on $10,000 bond from an earlier arrest for domestic abuse has been re-arrested for another case of domestic abuse — this time against a pregnant woman, court documents show.

A local man who was out of jail on $10,000 bond from an earlier arrest for domestic abuse has been re-arrested for another case of domestic abuse — this time against a pregnant woman, court documents show.

Brandon Scott Brown, 32, now faces a single count of domestic assault and battery against a pregnant woman as a result of an incident alleged to have occurred on July 22.

According to a probable cause affidavit filed in Washington County District Court, around 5:16 a.m. on that date Bartlesville Police Department officers responded to a call of a domestic assault at a convenience store located in the 900 block of Southeast Frank Phillips Boulevard.

When officers arrived, they were informed that the alleged incident had happened earlier at a residence in the 100 block of North Seminole Avenue in Bartlesville. The alleged victim in the case reportedly said that she and Brown had lived together for three months and that she had recently found out she was pregnant. She said that Brown had been “smoking dope” all day and had become very angry when she could not find her glasses.

According to the affidavit, she told Brown that she was leaving and walked out of the house but Brown followed her and “charged her,” going “straight for her throat with both hands.” She said he then “slammed her to the ground in the middle of the road on her shoulder,” the affidavit states.

She reportedly said that he then “held her down and started to slap her with an open hand in the face.” Police noted that the woman’s shoulder was “red and scratched and slightly bleeding” and that her injuries were consistent with her statement.

According to court records, Brown was arrested as recently as June 6 for another alleged domestic abuse.